Postby fagash_killer » Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:04 pm
Midgans came to believe that they couldn’t be themselves-Midgans in some places or regions because they would be too vulnerable so, they decided to suspend their Midgan identity temporarily for duration by protecting themselves along with choosing not to reveal themselves their true Midganness. The bogus presentation of self, his claim of Darood if he has their dialect accent can be possible or Isaaq identity is simple if you have their dialect for pretend to be while he is in that place or region if has Hawiye dialect he can also survive as Hawiye. It is a false identity created for survival in the artificial phony tribe. However, if it is learned or revealed from others then he would negotiate with validating as origin or he would accept the consequences of shame, humiliations and avoid the vicinity later. By this case, Some Midgans would use for excuse of their claiming logic Slogan that says, “Have you ever seen or heard someone who died because of Shame?” As matter of fact, Midgan would be first. In reality, this survival identity or false tribe identity are not and cannot be entirely successful but it works for some Midgans about 50% percentages in the daily life of Midgan survival. The work of sheegad status is motivating factor because the tribalism resides in every Somali nerve blood, in the Somali communicational language, in the Somali political system, in Somali economics, in Somali education curriculum and in the religion circles. It is collective beliefs, and it is important as Somali social customary institutions to know how this traditional genealogy works, so, without understanding this tribal system Midgans and other minorities could not survive in the Somali society because Midgans, it is almost impossible to change born as Midgan means with no possibility of change this ascribed status of Midgan but claiming other tribe can give them temporary dignity and relief for while. This sheegad status is not for love neither for choice but it is the way of survival for the Midgans
